Neuronal L-type calcium channels open quickly and are inhibited slowly

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 10247-10251

  Helton, Thomas D ^a,b   Xu, Weifeng ^a,c   Lipscombe, Diane ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1C; 1D; Action potential; Cav1.2; Cav1.3; Calcium channels; Dihydropyridine; L type; Low threshold calcium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; NIFEDIPINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE CAV1.2; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE CAV1.3; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MICE; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 27744563691     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1089-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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